Motivation Daily by Motiversity - LET THEM GO - Powerful Motivational Speech | Terry Crews

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Starting point is 00:00:36 The link is in the description. You can either have success or revenge, but you can't have both. Success is letting it go. When you're talking about a world of competition, it created this excuse for your age. And I vowed that I was going to get every person who ever doubted me, whoever insulted me, whoever made me feel slightly uncomfortable, I was going to get you back.

Starting point is 00:01:18 And I was going to show you. But I was that focus. I was like, man, I'm here, I'm here. I can show them. I could be beyond. A lot of your thoughts are not yours. You know, it's a lot of your thoughts. It's like an auxiliary court and people plug in to your stuff.

Starting point is 00:01:40 You pick up things and you're like, why do I'm not thinking that? And your thoughts determine your feelings and your emotions determine your actions. And so if someone can get into your thoughts, they can change the way you feel. And in a very competitive world, people tell you you're broken. But what I learned is that you're not broken. You're just not finished. nothing's broken, just things don't fit. And you pull it all and you put it back together the right way.

Starting point is 00:02:18 And you can leave. But the problem is it's not anybody else's job to assembly. You've got to send me. I mean, we talk about rage. What we're talking about is an attempt to control things you can't control. You can't love someone and control them at the same time. And I had no control. And growing up with an alcoholic father, one of my early,

Starting point is 00:03:06 his memories is him knocking my mother out. And I was like, got it, man. You run the world right now until I do. I was obsessed with muscle, even as a little kid. A lot of my desire to be strong was because I knew one day I may have to kill my father. He was unending, never bending, just constant intimidation. And I had a desire to get strong. I knew I had to protect.

Starting point is 00:03:41 One day, it would I have to protect my mom, protect my family. I started living my life like I was in a revenge woman. I was exhausted. I would do this stuff where I would go work out and then I would work out until I couldn't move. And then I would rest up and then I would go and I would flex my muscles until they cramped. It was sadistic.

Starting point is 00:04:08 It was masochistic. But I said, no one. I will never stop doing sit-ups. I will never stop. You know, again, I sit up, push-ups, until my stomach until I was curled over in tears. Oh, my gosh. And you not go do me.

Starting point is 00:04:24 Because I said, no one's going to beat me. I realized that the image of Terry Cruz was more important than who Terry Cruz was. Because you have to know who you are. Absolutely. You have to share who you are. But the game is not to share who you are. The big thing, going up, I cared what everyone thought.

Starting point is 00:04:51 Especially when you're in that world, like, that everyone's opinion mattered way too much and how do you learn to not care or ruminate on the opinions of others now when you've been so conditioned to people please right for years how did you it takes time yeah it's not overnight and I would never encourage anybody to just go test it out yeah I mean it's something that takes the more than years the big thing about being tough if people thought you know you'd be able to throw punches but it's really about endurance you Being able to be alone, being able to stand alone, but change is inevitable.

Starting point is 00:05:37 I'll never forget coming out of therapy, and this guy was like, they were like, Terry, you have to learn how to tell people no, because I was a pleaser. I remember being in counseling, and the counselor asked me, she said, what if a director told you to do something you didn't want to do? I said, well, I have to do it. She said, no, you don't. Yes, I do. She said, no, you don't, Terry. I said, well, I'm an actor. She said, yeah, but you don't have to do

Starting point is 00:06:11 everything your director chose you to do. I said, yes, I do, because I'm an actor. She's like, no, no, you don't. I didn't know, especially since I was such a pleaser. It was one of them things where I was, yeah, yeah. And I'll never forget this guy came up to me. He said, man, can I get an autograph? And I was going to do it.

Starting point is 00:06:42 I was in practice. I said, and I looked at him, I said, no. He said, come on, man. Come on, man. I said, no, no. And I went crazy. The guy was like, dude, relax, man. It was the first time I was exercising this, no, my no, no.

Starting point is 00:07:05 And I was shaking. I got back in the car and I said, you guys, I was going, I thought I was going crazy. I thought I was going crazy. But what I was doing was dissecting, understanding who and what made me tick if someone says that. Or why am I insulted? Why? Is it me or is it them? And see, and once I started asking these questions, I could let it go.

Starting point is 00:07:46 You've got to start exercising it. Just ask yourself why you're so offended. How did I get here? The thoughts turned into emotions that turned into actions that turned into mania. Anything can make you go off. This is a responsibility. You have an ability to respond. I know how far I came.

Starting point is 00:08:42 What I learned is that you're not broken. You're just not finished. We understand the fire burning within you. There will list desire to conquer, to overcome, to become the best version of yourself. We've captured that spirit and every fabric we create. Stand tall, my friend. Unleash your potential and ignite the fire within it.

Motivation Daily by Motiversity - LET THEM GO - Powerful Motivational Speech | Terry Crews

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